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APP. GREQUE. BOILER STAND 0R PEDESTAL.

No. 375,133. Patented Dec. 20, 1887.

WITNESSES pan 44% UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALLEN P. CREQUE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOlLER STAND OR PEDESTAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,133, dated December 20, 1887.

Application tiled January 3, 1885. Serial No. 151.926. (No model.)

is employed to support the reservoir or boiler forming a portion of water'heating and circulating apparatus used for domestic or other purposes. It is necessary in different places that the reservoirs be supported at different heights above the floor, according to the position occupied by the heater, and such reservoirs are usually supported upon cast-iron pedestals, and it is therefore necessary either that the pedestals be made of different heights and one of the proper heights selected for the heater with which the reservoir to be used is to be connected or that the pedestals be all made of maximum length and that provision be made for shortening the same.

Heretofore pedestals have been made consisting of albase to rest on the floor, an upright on said base, and a boiler-supporting bracket to be connected with the said upright, and the said uprights have been provided at intervals with grooves, thus enabling portions of the upright to be readily broken off at any one of the said grooves in order to leave the uprights of proper height, the uprights being originally cast of the maximum length usually required and being properly shortened for each particular case.

The pedestals or supports heretofore made having provision for varying their height were composed of three different portions--viz., the base, the upright, and the boiler-bracket--and the upright has been shortened by removing a section of its lower portion, the upper end of the upright made to receive the boilerbracket being unchanged. The three members-the base, the upright, and the bracket having been brought to proper length, have been fastened together bya bolt passing longitudinally through them, and the length of the bolt has had to be varied for each particular case.

My invention consists,essentiall y, in a boiler pedestal or support having an upright which may be made integral with the base, the said upright being composed of an integralseries of sections, each of which is shaped to constitute a seat or support for the pedestalbracket or cooperative member of the pedestal, which latter is adapted to be clamped directly to the terminal section of the said upright, the said sections and member cooperating therewith having preferably interlocking projections, thus obviating the employment of a bolt, the sections referred to having between them a thin film or wall of metal, which may be easily broken to detach any one or more sections. The upright is intended to be made sufficiently long to provide the highest support that will usually be required, and one or more sections are detached fromits end as required to reduce its height in accordance with the requirements of each particular case.

As shown in the present invention, the upi right is hollow and the pedestal-bracket is provided with a shank or stem to enter the upper end of the upright and with means, as shown, to interlock the said bracket and upright.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a boilerpedestal embodying this invention, theupper part of the bracket, shown mainly in eleva-' tion, being broken away; Fig. 2, a horizontal section in line 00, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, adetail representing the end of the upright shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 4. a detail showing the shank of the pedestal-bracket in side elevation.

The pedestal consists, essentially, of a base, A, and an upright, B, shown as made integral therewith, although they might, it desired, be made separately, and be subsequently fastened together, the said upright being of cast metal. The upright B has a series of deep annular recesses surrounding it at difi'erent heights and terminating in grooves D, which pass nearly through the material of the upright, leaving it weak in the line of the said grooves, so that it may be readily broken by the action of a hammer or chisel, although it is sufliciently strong to support the bracket G and the weight which may be applied to it.

The end of the entire upright B, or of the portion that is left by the removal of one or more sections by breakage at one of the grooves D, is adapted to receive and support the pedestal-bracket G, the said upright being shown in this instance asprovided at the end of each section with a seat, E, to receive a shoulder, F, on the bracket, which will thus come to a uniform bearing on the said seat when either section is made the terminal of the upright.

In order to steady and fasten the braeketG upon the upright without the use of bolts or other detachable devices, the said bracket is provided in this instance with a foot or shank, H, which projects down into the interior of the upright 13, and is provided with looking projections K, (see Fig. 4,) which engage inclined surfaces Eatthe interiorof the column. The sections 13, having projections O at their inner sides extended only a portion of the Way around the same, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and the locking projections K, also extended only a portion of the way around the shank H of the bracket, constitute locking devices, so that when the said bracket is in proper position the said projections K will pass downward between the internal projections, O,of the upright, after which by a partial rotation of the bracket on the upright the projections K will be interlocked with the projections O, as shown in Fig. 1, securely fastening the bracket on theupright, the said locking projections K being preferably slightly inclined around the shank H, as shown in Fig. 4, so that when turned they will wedge beneath the projections O, bringing the bracket to a firm central bearing on the upright. I have, however, shown the bracket as provided with the projection, and the base A is made integral with the upright; but I wish it to be understood that were the base provided with the projection H, (shown as on the bracket-,) and were the bracket cast as an integral part of the upright, such modified form of construc tion would be within the scope of my invention, such change being but the mere converse of the construction shown in the drawings.

I claim 1. A pedestal including in its construction a base, an upright provided with a series of right, the different sections cooperating at" will with and holding the said shank or foot, substantially as described.

2. In a pedestal or support, the bracket having a foot or shank, H, and a base having integral therewith an upright consisting of a series of sections separated by grooves constituting detaching or breaking points, the said sections being provided at their interior with a seat to receive the said foot or shank, substantially as described.

3. In a pedestal, a hollow upright provided with interlocking projections, combined with a bracket having a shank or foot to engage the said upright and having locking projections to co-operate with those of the upright, substantially as described.

4. The upright consisting of a series of sections separated by grooves, each section being provided at its upper end with a seat and with a locking projection, the seats being cutaway to leave space for the passage of the locking projection of the foot, combined with the bracket provided with a tapering shoulder to engage the seat of the upright and a shank provided with looking projections to enter the upright and engage the locking devices thereof, substantially as described.

5. The upright consisting of a series of sections separated by grooves, each section being prbvided with seat at its top to receive upon it a member to be supported by the said upright, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two sub scribing witnesses.

ALLEN I CREQUE.

XVitnesses:

G. WV. GREGORY, JosrP. LIVERMORE. 

